63 RHD Devon Caravette

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by matt d » Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:14 am

markp wrote: Knock knock

Anyone home

There's police at ya front door

Mark

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by monkey knuts » Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:43 pm

Ain't nobody here but us chickens!

I hear you knocking Mark - and rightly so.

Update on its way soon.

A change of jobs, crazy hours and the loss of a work laptop has preventer any update on this the last few months.

It's on the "must get round to.." List though, so post-resto update on its way soon.

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by Paul66spliy » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:44 pm

Hi Monkey KNuts

Awesome Bus and Build Fantastic Work looks the Nuts

Could you please tell me there you got your Truck Mirrors thanks

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by monkey knuts » Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:45 pm

Thanks Paul!
The mirrors are an M-code option.
I got the arms from eBay.de and the mirrors are nos Fresse from Cyprus.

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by Paul66spliy » Tue Nov 26, 2013 3:22 am

Thanks Monkey

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by rusty1962 » Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:17 am

Hi Monkey, I'm really enjoying reading your thread. It's very informative for a mechanical novice like me and I'm only up to page 9.
Thanks,
Steve

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by splitmaster » Sun Dec 01, 2013 5:49 pm

Nice job dude looks amazing

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by White Van Man » Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:28 am

monkey knuts wrote: 2008
Jeeez! Where is all the time going? Why is this taking so long??

Next slight dilemma.
I’d always quite fancied this M code (029) option.....

Its not the prettiest of things but as these buses come with no tow hooks I quite liked the practicality.... and that goes a long way with me.
I tracked a front and rear set down which actually came from a barndoor bus. Unfortunatly it was missing part #1 and part #2, but it did have the very rare part#5. I say very rare although I haven’t cross reference the part number – its probably just a T1 bumper mount gasket!
Also unfortunately I didn’t realise at the time that the front hook comes as lhd and rhd....... and of course I had lhd.
Had to decide whether to fit this or not before replacing the rear corners really.

Do you have any clearer pictures of how the hook fits inside the engine bay ? A mate of mine has just bought a hook and the body rubber but can't see how it bolts up .Thanks

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by monkey knuts » Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:41 pm

It bolts through the chassis rail externally, above the bumper iron. It's quite tricky getting the position of the cutout hole right, despite the measurements given in the workshop manual.

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by monkey knuts » Thu Dec 12, 2013 12:00 am

Happy Birthday 103 JUY - you've made it to 51

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by ted698 » Thu Dec 12, 2013 10:18 pm

Hi Monkey Knuts - How's the resto of that pile of ratty OG interior panels getting on?

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by type21f » Sat Dec 14, 2013 8:29 am

Happy Birthday 103 Julian's Unbelievable Yearning

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by Rich Oakley » Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:51 am

Great thread, only just discovered it.

I grew up in Stourbridge and have a vague recollection of seeing your bus in the late 80's/very early 90's- maybe when it was for sale?

The picture of Mill Street Garage you show on the first page was their new dealership opened in 1969/70. Their old dealership was in Lower High Street and their workshop on the old Mill Street before they built the ring road. The dealership was demolished in 1968, but the workshop building still exists.

1960s. Mill St Garage (workshop)

1960s. You can just about see the corner of the showroom with the Mr Bubblehead logo on the wall. Your van would have almost certainly seen the inside of that showroom...

Demolition of the old showroom in 1968...

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Re: 63 RHD Devon Caravette

by monkey knuts » Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:21 pm

Wow! Fascinating info Rich and thanks for taking the time to post those photos.
JUY spent its salad days with the previos owner in Cleeve Prior, Evesham and later Casltmorton.
I hope to do a run round these areas at some time next year.